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EduCode Signs Distribution Deal in Turkey

  • Mar 25, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Moncton-based EduCode Academy has signed a distributorship agreement with Sebit Education and Information Technologies, which will be the company’s representative in Turkey.

EduCode creates online courses that help children learn to code, and its

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Side Door’s Pivot Sparks Sales Boost

  • Mar 24, 2021
  • Brooklyn Connolly

When the pandemic hit last year, Laura Simpson knew she would have to change Side Door’s business model. What surprised the company’s Co-Founder and CEO was the resulting 3,000 percent increase in ticket sales.

Since 2017, the company had offered a

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Supercluster Unveils 3 New Projects

  • Mar 24, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Canada's Ocean Supercluster, which is dedicated to modernizing the country’s ocean economy, has announced three new projects based in Nova Scotia with a value of almost $10 million.

The Atlantic Canada-based organization issued three press releases

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FoodHack Honours Chinova’s Dhayagude

  • Mar 24, 2021
  • Carol Moreira

Natasha Dhayagude, Co-Founder and CEO of Chinova Bioworks, a Fredericton-based company that uses mushrooms to reduce food waste, has had her work celebrated by FoodHack, a global network of food entrepreneurs and innovators.

Dhayagude is one of 80

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Outcast and Happy Planet Upcycle Smoothies

  • Mar 24, 2021
  • Carol Moreira

Dartmouth-based Outcast Foods, which makes powdered food products from rejected produce, has partnered with British Columbia smoothie producer Happy Planet Foods to combat food waste in a product range that uses upcycled fresh fruit and vegetables.

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Ulnooweg, Ignite strike Partnership

  • Mar 23, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Ignite Atlantic, Nova Scotia’s rural innovation organization, and the Indigenous entrepreneurship group Ulnooweg Development Group have formed a partnership to allow greater support for their members.

The partnership between Ulnooweg and Ignite is

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DNS Membership Tops 200

  • Mar 23, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Digital Nova Scotia, the association for the information technology sector in the province, has actually grown during the pandemic, and now boasts more than 200 members.

Since assuming the role of CEO last June, Wayne Sumarah has had to guide the

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PDC Mourns Heather Boyd-Kinnie

  • Mar 23, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Members of the startup community were saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Heather Boyd-Kinnie, the Funding Manager and Program Coordinator of the Pond-Deshpande Centre at the University of New Brunswick.

Boyd-Kinnie passed away at her home

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Scale-Up Hub Atlanta Launched

  • Mar 22, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

The Scale-Up Hub program, which began in New England three years ago, is expanding to include the South-Eastern U.S. with the launch of Scale-Up Hub Atlanta.

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and the four provincial governments on Monday

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UNB: A Pillar of the Cybersecurity Community

  • Mar 22, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

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Sandy Bird still recalls the support Q1 Labs got from the University of New Brunswick long before it became one of the greatest Atlantic Canadian tech successes ever.

Bird was a co-founder of the Fredericton cybersecurity

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Entrevestor Offering Media Relations for Startups

  • Mar 22, 2021
  • Carol Moreira

Entrevestor principal Peter Moreira, in partnership with startup hub Volta, is offering a virtual presentation of his popular Media Relations for Startups talk.

Dealing with the media can be daunting, confusing but ultimately rewarding for

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CEO Hall Buys MindSea

  • Mar 22, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

MindSea Development has been acquired by Reuben Hall, who has served as the CEO of the Halifax-based mobile apps developer for the last two years.

Hall is buying the company for an undisclosed price from Bill Wilson, who founded MindSea in 2007 and

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